[crazyhorse]

Kuat Sherpa 2.0

 

[crazyhorse]

I leave my 1up single on all the fime - my friend got rear ended stopped in a left turn the other day by a tesla, he had his rack on and it acted like a sturdy bumper. Tore the front end off the tesla, no harm to the bike rack even 👍. If he hadn’t had it on the rear bumper woulda crumpled. Something to think about.

I've often wondered about this. On the flip side, maybe the rack getting hit hard would potentially damage the unibody to which it is attached, instead of the bumper, which was engineered to absorb impacts. Something to think about.

 

[crazyhorse]

also looking for bike racks. is it better to put the bikes on the hitch? or roof? or is it just personal preference?

I switched to a hitch rack after driving my car into a car wash with my carbon frame bike still attached to my roof-mounted rack. It was not pretty. I was tired after a long hot day of riding and my brain was not working at 100%. Besides that, I think the hitch rack is just easier to use. No removing wheels, etc.